Department of Wildland Resources (WILD). This department was previously known as Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences. The name was changed in Fall Semester 2006.
Theses
Initial Assessment of the Introduction of Spottail Shiner (Notropis hudsonius) and Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) into Willard Bay Reservoir, Utah., Thomas E. Sommerfeldt
Intensification in a Risky Environment: The Case of Improving Private Grazing Land for Beef Production in Utah, Louise D. Sainsbury
Intercept Feeding as a Means of Reducing Deer-Vehicle Collisions, Peggy Wood
Interclonal Variation of Primary and Secondary Chemistry in Western Quaking Aspen and Its Influence on Ungulate Selection, Damon A. Winter
Interrelationships Between Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Habitat in a Mountain Stream, John M. Payne
Interspecific Interactions between Penstemon palmeri and Shrubs in the Arid Shrublands of the Spring Mountains, Nevada, Jesse M. Poulos
Invasive Coqui Frogs Serve as Novel Prey for Birds in Hawaii, and Not as Competitors, Robyn L. Smith
Investigating Cause-Specific Mortality of Sheep to Determine the Impacts of Carnivores on Domestic Livestock, Nathan Jacob Floyd
Investigation of Host Selection by Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) Hopk. in Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) Dougl., Thomas James Eager
Investigation of Selected Aspects of Kokanee (Onchorhynchus nerka) Ecology in Porcupine Reservoir, Utah, With Management Implications, Paul Joel Janssen
Investigations of Forage Fish and Lake Trout Salvelinus Namaycush Interactions in Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Wyoming-Utah, Daniel L. Yule
Investigations of the Algal Productivity of Selected and Limited Sites Along the Western Shore of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, John William Sigler
Investigations of the Fishery of Fish Lake, Utah, Vaughn D. Madsen
Isotopic Tracer Reveals Depth-Specific Water Use Patterns Between Two Adjacent Native and Non-Native Plant Communities, Clémence Pascale Warren
Is Rainbow Trout Condition Influenced By Invertebrate-Drift Density?, Randall B. Filbert
Kokanee Fry Recruitment and Early Life History in the Lake Tahoe Basin, Christine K. Gemperle
Land Cover and Use Change in Utah: A Comparison of Field- vs. Aerial Image-Based Observations, Jennifer Lynn Bakken
Landscape of Stress: Does Drought Prevail Over Anthropogenic Activity in Influencing Cortisol Levels and Fitness in the Pacific Fisher?, Jennifer R. Kordosky
Leaf Development of Rumex patientia L. Exposed to UV Irradiation (280-320 nm), Judith G. Dickson
Leaf Epidermal Transmittance of Ultraviolet Radiation and Its Implication for Plant Sensitivity to Ultraviolet-Radiation Injury, Ronald Robberecht
Learning and Application of Range Management Innovations Among Ranchers in West-Central Colorado, Caroline A. Kennedy
Legacy Effects of Habitat Degradation by Lesser Snow Geese on Ground-Nesting Savannah Sparrows along the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Stephen L. Peterson
Life History and Habitat Utilization of Merriam's Turkey in Southwestern Utah, Fred C. Bryant
Life History of the Utah Sculpin Cottus bairdi semiscaber (Cope) in Logan River, Utah, William M. Zarbook
Lifestyle as a Determinant of Participation Among Dispersed Forest Recreationists, John R. Butler
Limitations on Canada Goose Production at Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Utah, Dorie S. Stolley
Livestock as Seed Disseminators for Reseeding Degraded Rangelands: The Role of Dung in Gap Formation and Plant Establishment, Brian S. Auman
Livestock Foraging Behavior in Response to Interactions among Alkaloids, Tannins, and Saponins, Tiffanny Lyman
Livestock Mortality at Beef Farms with Chronic Wolf (Canis lupus) Depredation in the Western Great Lakes Region (WGLR), Arion Vandergon
Livestock Watering Practices in the Moroccan Pre-Sahara: Their Effects on Water and Nutrient Metabolism of Sheep in Different Body Conditions, El Mostafa Darfaoui
Lodgepole Pine Susceptibility Rating of Mountain Pine Beetle Through the Use of a Density Management Diagram, John Albert Anhold
Maintenance and Survival of Vegetation on the Sunrise Campground, Cache National Forest, Alan R. Silker
Managing for Multiple Objectives in Southwestern Forests: Evaluating the Trade-Offs between Enhancing Mexican Spotted Owl Nest Habitat and Mitigating Potential Crown Fire, Daniel C. Deane McKenna
Mapping Fire Fuels Through Detection of Canopy Biomass Loading in Juniper, Sagebrush, and Gambel Oak Communities, Sean LaRoy Hammond
Marten Use of Subnivean Access Points in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Stuart Scott Sherburne
Maternal Effects in Transmission of Self-Medicative Behavior from Mother to Offspring in Sheep, Udita Sanga
Mathematical Programming Applications in Agroforestry Planning, Laurence H. Reeves
Merits of Using Tranquilizer Trap Devices on Leg-Hold Traps Used to Capture Gray Wolves (Canis lupus), Duane P. Sahr
Methods to Improve Our Understanding of Aspen Regeneration and Aspen Distribution Across the Intermountain West, Robert Joseph Julius Bidner
Microhabitat Selection by Greater Sage-Grouse Hens in Southern Wyoming, Scott T. Mabray
Modeling Forest Dynamics at the Landscape Scale: Integrating a Computer Simulation Model and Geographic Information System, David W. Betz
Modeling Forest Dynamics Based on Stand Level Resource Allocation, Geoffrey Candler Poole
Modeling Habitat Use of a Fringe Greater Sage-Grouse Population at Multiple Spatial Scales, Anya Cheyenne Burnett
Modeling Potential Native Plant Species Distributions in Rich County, Utah, Kathryn A. Peterson
Monitoring Desert Ungulates via Fecal DNA-Based Capture Recapture, Stephen S. Pfeiler
Monitoring Populations and Movement of Bobcats (Lynx rufus) on the Eastern Slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, Michael Brown
Morphometric Evaluation of the Whitefish Complex in Bear Lake, Utah/Idaho, Alan Ward
Movement Behavior and Habitat Selection of Juvenile Mountain Lions (Puma concolor) During Three Behavioral States of Dispersal, John F. Randolph
Mule Deer and Wildlife Crossings in Utah, USA, Megan Schwender
Mule Deer Highway Mortality in Northeastern Utah: An Analysis of Population-Level Impacts and a New Mitigative System, Mark E. Lehnert
Mule Deer Reproduction and Survival in the LaSal Mountains, Utah, Randall B. Smith
Multiple Hemoglobins in Rainbow Trout, Salmo gairdneri, and Cutthroat Trout, Salmo clarkii, Jeffrey Carl Braman
Muskrat and Waterfowl Production and Harvest on Dingle Swamp, Bear Lake County, Idaho, Henry M. Reeves
Mycorrhizae in Sagebrush-Steppe Community Restoration: Mycorrhizal Dependency of Invasive and Native Grasses With Intraspecific and Interspecific Competition, Dara S. Scherpenisse
Native Bunchgrass and Invasive Weed Establishment in Low Nutrient Rangeland Soils with Nitrogen and Phosphorus Manipulation, Jeffrey S. Burnham
Natural-Resources Education in Utah's Public Schools, John J. Van Niel
Nesting and Habitat Parameters for Selected Raptors in the Desert of Northwestern Utah, David L. Peterson
Nesting Ecology of the Redhead Duck on Knudson Marsh, Utah, Thomas Claud Michot
Novel Treatments for Native Forb Restoration in The Great Basin, Adam J. Fund
Nutrient and Water Interrelationships between Crested Wheatgrass and Two Shrub Species, Paul B. Baker
Nutrition of Sheep Grazing Foothill Big Game Range in Spring, Kurt J. Kotter
Nutritive Values of Russian Wildrye, Crested Wheatgrass, and Intermediate Wheatgrass Grazed by Cattle on Utah Foothill Ranges, George W. Mitchell
Object-Based Segmentation and Classification of One Meter Imagery for Use in Forest Management Plans, W. Kevin Wells
Occurrence and Distribution of Invertebrates in Lower Logan River, Nancy A. Erman
On the Population Ecology of Uinta Ground Squirrels, Spencer R. Amend
Opening the Black Box: Soil Microbial Communities in Field-Based Plant-Soil Feedback Experiments, Julia Kate Aaronson
Overwinter Mortality of Trout in Temple Fork of the Logan River, Daniel Richard Cerven
Park Visitor Responses to Natural Hazards, Lee H. Rentz
Patterns of Post-Fire Aspen Seedling Establishment, Growth, and Mortality in the Western United States, Mark Regier Kreider
Pellet Seeding on Sagebrush Range, Gordon E. Gatherum
Perceived Fairness and Effectiveness of Rangeland Collaborative Processes, Kimberly J. Richardson
Peromyscus Populations as Related to Seasons and Vegetative Types at the Hardware Ranch, Cache County, Utah, George Cleveland Turner Jr.
Physical Factors Influencing Survival to Emergence and Time of Emergence of Shoreslope-Spawned Kokanee Salmon in Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Utah-Wyoming, Randall J. Jeric
Physiological Response to Hooking Stress in Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides), A. Wayne Gustaveson
Plant Demographic Studies of a Desert Annuals Community in Northern Utah Dominated by Nonnative Weedy Species, David R. Duba
Plant Evolutionary Response to Climate Change: Detecting Adaptation Across Experimental and Natural Precipitation Gradients, Jacqueline J. Peña
Plant Monoterpenoids as Factors in Diet Selection and Grazing Behaviour of Sheep, Wilson Kimuti A. Yabann
Plant Succession Studies on Subalpine Acid Mine Spoils in the Beartooth Mountains, Patricia Lea Howard
Ponderosa Pine Mortality and Bark Beetle-Host Dynamics Following Prescribed and Wildland Fires in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA, Ryan Stephen Davis
Population Characteristics and Movement Patterns of Cougars in Southern Utah, Thomas P. Hemker
Population Dynamics and Age Determination for Five Utah Deer Herds, David L. Beall
Population Dynamics and Harvest of Canada Geese in Utah, John Tautin
Population Dynamics and Movements of Translocated and Resident Greater Sage-Grouse on Anthro Mountain, Utah, Natasha W. Gruber
Population Dynamics and Net Production of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) in Two Areas of a High Gradient Mountain Stream, Jeffrey C. Gosse
Population Ecology of Spruce-Fir Forests of the Interior West, Katheryn Little
Possible Impacts of the Expected Shift From Cow-Calf to Cow-Calf-Yearling Enterprises on Beef Production and Beef Prices, Suliman H. Abdalla
Postbreeding Ecology of Adult Male Northern Pintails and Cinnamon Teal Near Great Salt Lake, Utah, Robert R. Cox Jr.
Post-Fire Succession and Disturbance Interactions on an Intermountain Subalpine Spruce-Fir Forest, Christopher A. Dicus
Potential Effects of Altered Precipitation Regimes on Primary Production in Terrestrial Ecosystems, Joanna S. Hsu
Potential For Cattle Grazing on Sheep Range in Southwest Utah, Jose Salvador Gutierrez-Garza
Predation on Domestic Sheep on Summer Range Lands in Southwestern Utah, Brian Carl Palmer
Predictors of Corporate Funding for Environmental and Recreational Programs, Joel H. Staub
Primary Production in a Cache Valley, Utah Farm Pond, J. Kent Summers
Process-Based Management of Downy Brome in Salt Desert Shrublands: Assessing Pre- and Post- Rehabilitation Soil and Vegetation Attributes, Merilynn Carol Hirsch